CVE-2026-17864CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-17864

High · published July 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00124 · 2.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-07-30T05:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
google/chrome< 151.0.7922.72151.0.7922.72
References (2)
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html · [email protected]https://issues.chromium.org/issues/520494861 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JUL 00:19Z
    Inappropriate implementation in Updater in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a…
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